Manufacture of glass.



0. B. BLUE. MANUFACTURE OF GLASS APPLICATION FILED SEPT. B, 1908.

Patented Jan. 23, 1912.

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0. B. BLUE. MANUFACTURE (P GLASS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1908.

Patented Jan. 23, 1912.

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TTORNEYS To all whom it my com em:

Marianna: cow M TATE-S "PATENT FF CE.

du mes EDWIN BLUE, or .WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA. p

manurac'rumi or GLASS.

'Be it known; that I, CHARLES E. BLUE, of Wheeling, Ohi'o county, West Virginia, have inventeda new and useful Improvement in thefManufacture of Glass, of which the f ollowing ,is a full, clear, and exact descmption,--ref;erenceibeing had to the accompanying=drawing forming partof thls specification, in which i 10 one form of apparatus embodying my invention Fig.- 2-is a vertical section, ofthe same; Pig. 3 is a "broken v sectional plan view showing the discharge. portion of; the

' melting vessel or furnace;fF1g. 4-isafyiew similar-to Fig. 1, but showing-a modifica-v tion; 5' and'fi are "sectional detail views ofgthe measuring receptacles shown 1n,

Fig. 4, showing the manner of: discharging the same; Fig. 7 isa detail sectional view I of the smeasuring receptacle illustrated ,lll Figs. 1 and 24mg. 8 is a detail sectional view of another modified form of measuring device ;1-Fig. 9 is an end, view of the receptacle shown inFig. 7 Fig. 10 is a detail view. howingthe manner in 'which the re- V gears; and Figs. 12 and 13 are detail'views I ceptacle shown in Figs. 1, 2 'and 7 are tipped into discharging position; Fig. '11 is a detail view of, one set of intermittently. acting showing the cam' for closing the valves of the measuring receptacle shown in Figs. 4, 1 5 and 6. Fig. I l-is a. detail sectional view i 55 0t one of ltheuneasuring receptacles on a larger scale and showing a differentformof-receptacle; Fig. 15 is a detail plan view of the latch device; Fig. 16is a detail View melting vesselor furnace to the molds, with of the cam for re-closin the receptacles;

'Fig. 17 is a detail view 0 the shear or sent ofl? device; and-Fig. 18v is a-detail viewfof a cam device for releasing the latchshown in' ll ly invention relates to the'manufaetu re of glass, and is. designed: to provide novel means for transferring the glass from a out the necessity-for gathering the glass in the manner commonly employed. Inaccordance with my invention, a stream of molten glass is caused to flow continuously from the melting pot or vessel into a plu rality of receptacles brought successively in p'ositionto receive the same, each of-s'aid receptacles being arranged to" receive. a

' Application filed September 9, a Serial Ming-193.3

Figure l is a plan view, with a portion of a f melting furnace or" vessel in sect10n, of

ent instance, are each connected at its inner.

. wheels 9 are Slml ""TL farranged upon a s af ceptacle has beenfille in this. fillmner, the

glass connectin the glass in the twov recepor sheared, after the 'receptaclehas been moved away from the-continuously flowing streann and the. recep-" tacles is cut 0 ta'cles are then transferred to a discharging station, where their contents are discharge into a moldvessel.

The-precise nature oilhe; invention will be best understood by reillfence to the ac- Specification rimers Patent. 'Patented Jan.1912b I measured duantity of lass. After each re- 'companying drawings, which will now b e I described, it being premised,, howevef, that the invention is susceptible of various} changes and "modifications by, those skilled in the art without departing from the spii'it claims. g

Referring first to the form ofmy inven tion which is shown in Figs. land 2, the numeral 2desig'nates a melting. 0t Tor veg-j sel, having an overhanging ischarging spout 3 through which a continuous stream of glass is causedto flow whilethe machine;v is in operation. 4: designates a .series of};

and scope "as defined in the appended measuring receptacles or cups, which are ar rangedto be broughtsucces'sively into p05 sition' to'receiv'e the glass discharged from the spout 3; Each of these receptacles is mounted upon the outer end ortionof a radially extending arm 5. he seriesof arms 5, of whichfive are shown in the'presend to a sleeve 6 mountedv around a. shaft 7. These sleeves 6 are mounted one around" and upon another in. the manner "clearly a shown in'Fig. 2, the sleeves being of differ- ,ent lengths-at both their upper and lower ends, and the arms 5 excepting the upperarm have bent portions 5 which bring them; from the plane of the upper end portion (if their respective sleeves into, the planepf the upper surface of the apparatus, the sow;

eral cups'4 being allinthe same-horizontal plane. on the lower end portion of each arranged to be driven hyna' gear wheel9 havand its gear wheel being shown an-detail in 18s sleeve 6 is an interrupted pinion 8, which isfrom Fig."2,each sleeveis provided with one of "the jinions 8, placed one above another about t e shafts. 7 as an axis, and the ear l and 7 are the spur gear shaft 7 willb shaft is rotated by a worm gear connee- 1 cured on the arms 5 brought underneath the bevel'pinion 18 l to be moved slowly faces 8* an d 9" will hold the cups l, which are advancmgtoward the discharging spout and advance tion l0 with a motor 10". On the upper I end of the shaft 7 is a beveled toothed wheel 13, whose teeth are engaged by a bevel inion 14 on a radial shaft 15 mounted in bearings 16 of the frame 17, and carrying at its outer enda beveled toothed pinion 18. On each ofthe arms 5 is a toothed rack segment 19. These-segments are seinto position to be and engage with the teeth thereof for the purpose hereinafter described. The cups or receptacles 4 are arranged to fit closely together in the manner shown in Fig. 1, with laterally extending cavities or depressions 4' in their u persurfaces extending in both directions ii'om their central receiving cavity, as clearly shown in this figure. The cups or r'ece tacles are provided with the sl'eeves 20, W ich are revolubly mounted on the outer ends of the arms 5 in the manner clearly shown in Fig. 7, so that when the cups are brought around to the discharging station they may be rotated in the manner hereinafter described into discharging position, as shown in Fig. 10. I

21 is a cam flange or projection which is arranged to be engaged by a roller pin 22 on the sleeve 20 for the purposeof moving the cups in a radial direction toward the shaft 7, after they. have been filled. The right-hand cup in Fig, 1 is shown as so moved, this movement hein for the purpose of shearing or cutting ofi tie glass connecting the glass in two adjacent cups. The cam flange 21 also haaan ofi'set portion 21 arranged to return 'thecups to their original positions after the shearing. has been el fectec.

The operation is as follows :The intermittent pinions 8 and gears 9 are so timed and arranged as tosuccessivelyjin'eve-the cups from the discharging station A to the receiving. station B, at which they are filled. As each cup is brought-adjacent, to the charging station,zits 'set of gears and pinions 8 and 9 go out of ac fon,'and the cup is moved slowly by the toothedportions 8 and 9 of the gears 8' and 9 Eriespectively. The frictional engagement'betwehgtM surin engagement with each other, the last cup to a position where the-beveled pinion 18 will engage its rack 19, to'advance the on s beyond the charging station, and. from w 'ieh point they will be removed by the tooth portions 8 and 9-of the gears 8 and 9 respectively; This causes each cup I past the receiving sta- 121011.and to the settling and shearing stations ynectlons, such as those indicated at connecting portions. 111 this 'fi also a roller bearing 23, see Fig. 7, which comes into engagement with a cam member 24 in the manner'shown in Figs. 1 and 10, thereby rotating the slcei'e 20 on the arm 5 and tipping the cup into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 10. The cam 24 has the inclined portion 0-, which effects the tipping, the raised straight portion b which holds the cup temporarily in tipped position and 'an outwardly inclined portion 0 which returns the .cup to its normal position. v a

25 designates a suitable carrier, having mounted thereon a series of mold vessels 26, which are dcsignedto be brought successively into position to receive the contents of one of the cups 4 at the discharging station. As shown in Fig.1,these mold vessels are capable of radial movement into and out of position to a point'indicated at A to come underneath oneof the/cups 4, but this part of the apparatus has nothing to do with my present invention, may be employed for bringing the moldvessels into position, 27 in Figs. 2 and 3 designate gas jets, which may be employed to maintain the glass in the discharging spout 3 in asuitable fluid condition. I

28 designates a gate or shutter by which the flow of glass vessel can be controlled at will or shut off entirely through any suitable actuating controlled by the lever 30 (see Fig, 2

The form of my invention shown in Fig. 4 is similar to that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, except that instead of employing a radial movementof the cups other for the purpose of shearing or cuttin' off the connecting portions of the glass, provide, adjacent to the charging station an overhanging scraper or sheariri'gfarm 31 whlch, as the receptacles are (see Fig. 6),

cup, its intermittentgearconnections again with a projection, prefer-" as any suitable means,

from the melting tank or 25), conrelatively to etichcarried thereunder will scrape orsevensuch"f gure, I- have .shown' 'the cups. as fixedly secured to their carrying arms 5 instead vide the cups withhinged bottom closures or valves 32, as best shown in Figs.- 5,6 and 8, these being normally held in closed 'ppof rotatabl'y mounted thereon. For-this purpose'I -pr o- 'the purpose of withdrawing these latches at the discharging station, "to permit thebot i tom closures or valvesSQ to open (as'shown in Fig.- I provide the cam member 3'1:

arranged to be engaged bya slot or fork 35011 the latch to cause the IGlaI'RClZIOIILOf the latch. After passing the discharging station, theseYbot-tom. valves may be closed by causing the forks 35 to engage with the camBG. A detail view of: the cam member 34 is shown in Fig. 1-8. Detail views of the cam member 36,a re shown in Figsi lQ znd'13.

'15 apparent, to those skilled in the art, since "it 1 prgfiides mechanism of simple character The advantages army invention will be whereby. measured quantities of glass may be delivered to themold vessel without the gathering operation usually employed. It

will'be seen that inthe-a'pparatus' SllOWIl'lhQ cups or "receptacles are given a comparatively 'rapidmotion from the discharging station around to the: charging station; they are then uxuv'ed slowly past the charging, settling and V shearing stations; and are then again moved more'ragidly around to the discharging stauon, -w ere they are again'held stationary for a short period bythe. interrupted gears;-

' Aiiysuflicient' number of thesereceptacles may be employed, so thattjh'e stream of glass:

ma flow continuously, with the' receptacle at all times in position-to receive such stream except during the short'interval whenone receptacle is being moved out of receiving position and another inte -receiving position. i

be of various forms. Thus, in F igs; -7-and 8 I'have shown them as having a continu ous downward flare, while in Fig. 14: l have shown them as'havingrthe upper portion 4 i varied','together with 'thegearing' em loyed .theirecopta cles may themselves be mounted of the cavity contracted downwardly and joining a lower p rtion a gwhich'is of downwardly increasing diameter.

It willalsobe understood that various other changes may bemade in the details of construction and operation Thus, the means 'tacles to the charging station andformoving'the'm to the discharging station may he glass, means for deliveringa continuous stream of molten hiss; a plurality of'supports mounted or separate movement around a commoncenter, and measuring cups or vessels mounted on the supports-an .arra-ngedto be movpd thereby successively intopositio'n to receivetheglass; substantiallj'fasdescribed g port-s pdrts; mounted The measuring cups or receptacles 4 may" "tiiillyj as described. employed for bringing the cups or recep- .5750

2.,In apparatus for the manufacture of glass, means for delivering. a continuous stream of molten glass, aplurality of sup-'- mounted for separate movement around a commoncenter, measuring cups or pm vessels mounted on the supports and ar ranged to' be moved thereby successively into" position to receive the glass, together with means for shearing or cutting ed"- the glass between the receptacles on adjaoeiit-fl fif fi' r5 after they have been filled"; .suhstantially as 1 1 described. 7 a 3511i apparatus for the manufacture of glass, means :for delivering a continuous* stream of molten. lass, a plurality ofsup- 30 for separate movement around a commoncenter, measuring cups or-:- vessels mounted on the 'supports' and arranged to be moved thereby successively int'o position toreceive the glass, and means for .85 imparting independent movements to the supports around their common center; substantially as described. J i 4. -In apparatus'for the manufaeture of 7 glass, means for delivering-a continuous eo' stream of molten glass, a plurality of supports mounted for separate. movement around a common center, measuring cups org;

vessels mounted on the supports and ar-H ranged to bemoved thereby successively into ferent'speeds during different portions of their movements around their common cenw. ter; substantially as described. 5. In apparatus for, the "manufacturejfof glass,"'means for delivering afcontinuous streamofmolten '-lass,'a plurality ofsupports mounted or separate movement. around a common center, a measuring cup or vessel mounted on each of. the supports, means for actuating the supports independ-w. ently to bring the cups 'orreceptacles S11C'-;: cessivelyin position to receive the molten glass, and mean s forshearing or cutting 0athe glass between adjacent-cups .or recepe tacles after they have been filledj substan '6. Ina paratus for the manufacture of glass, a p ura'lity of supports mounted for.

in a horizontal plane, a measuring cup or re ceptacle mounted on each support, means for;

their rotary movement around their common a center; substantially as described.

7. In apparatus for the manufacture of glass, a charging station having means fordelivering a continuous stream ofmolten.

glass ,'a settlingstation, a shearing statiom aw 2;":

discharging station, a plurality of iineasuring i cups or vessels, :1 separ'atelv movable carrier 1 :for each cup or'vessel niounted'for separate e5 fposition to'receive the glass, and. meansfor, L: separately actuating said, supports at .dif-i 1 1a sep'arate movement ar'ound'a common center-, 3 f

movement around a'common center, together with means for actuating the same; substantially as described.

In apparatus for the manufacture of glass, a charging station having means for delivering a continuous stream of -molten glass, a settling station, ashearing station, a discharging station, a plurality ofmeasuring cups or vessels, a separately movable carrier for each cup or vessel mounted for separate movement around a common center, to gether with means for actuating the same, and actuating means being arranged to im-' part a different speed of movement to the supports at different portions of their movements; substantially as described.

9. In apparatus forthe manufacture of glass, a plurality of rotary supports, separate gearing for rotating each support, and a measuring cupor receptacle mounted on each support, and means for imparting a fradial movement to each cup or receptacle relatiye to an adjacent receptacle at a given pQinQaBI-its movement substantially as .describflf'j. i I I 10. A paratus-r the manufacture of glass, ha-vi'n a' plurality. of radially arranged sepfa y-mov'able supports, separate gearing H iaetuatingeach of the supports, a measuring cup oi'gvessel mounted on each support, and means for imparting a shear'ng movement toeach, cup or vessel relatively to an adjacent vessel; substan tially as described; 7 In apparatus for the manufacture of glass, a supporting arm arranged to rotate in a horizontal plane, receptacle mounted on said arm, and means for imparting a radial movement to said receptacle at a certain point during its rotary movement to shear the glass; substan tially as described.

12. In apparatus for the manufacture of glass, a plurality of supportipg arms mounted for separate movement around acommon center in a horizontal plane, means for rotating said arms, a measuring cup or receptacle mounted on said arms and means for tipping the cups or receptacles at. a pointin the movement of said arms;.su'b stantially as described.

In apparatus for themanufacture of a supporting arm, gearing for rota-.

glass,

ting sald arm in a horizontal plane at apredetermined speed, and a second gear for imparting adifierent speed of movement to said arms intravel, and a measurmgcup or vessel cardlfi'erent portions of its ried by said arm; substantially'as described,

14.. In apparatus for the manufacture of ting said arm in a horizontal lane and for imparting a different speed 0 movement to sand arm in different portions of its travel, a measurmg cup orvessal carried by said or receptacles mounted on a measuring cup or separate movements to each arm; substanglass, a supporting arm, gearing for rota arm, and means for discharging the contents. of said cup or receptacle; substantially as described. f

15. In apparatus for the manufactu e of glass, a plurality of supporting-arms; 1 I ed for separate movement around aTcE, mon center in a horizontal plane, measuring cups said arms, and cam means for effecting the discharge of the contents of the cups or receptacles at a'point in the movement of the arms about their common center; substantially as described. 16. In apparatus for the manufacture of glass, tating measuring cup or receptacle mounted on said arm, and cam means for effecting a radial movement of the cup or receptacle shearing the glass; substantially as described.

17. Apparatus for the glass, comprising a plurality of supporting arms, means for rotating said arms in a horizontal plane, and ameasuring cup or a supporting arm, gearing m said a'rm 1n a horizontal p ano, a

- manufacture of vessel mounted on each arm, said cups or 4;

vessels havingv lateral.- recesses or depressions at their upper portions at each side of their main cavit together with means for shearing or cutting off the glass between adjacent-cups or receptacles; substantially as' 5 described.

18.. In apparatus for the manufacture of glass, a plurality ofsupporting arms mounted for separate movement around a common center'in a horizontal for rotating said a'1'ms,'m'easur1ng cups or receptacles loosely mounted on the arms and cam meansarranged to engage the cups or receptacles .to effect a tipping discharging during the horizontal 5 movement thereof movement of the arms; substantially as de-' scribed.

19. In apparatus for the manufacture of glass, a plurality of'separate supporting arms mounted for" separate around-a common. center, a measuring cup or receptacle mounted on each arm, and intermittently acting gearing for imparting tially -.as describedI 20. In apparatus for the manufacture of I glass, a plurality of separate supporting arms, a measuring cup or receptacle mounted on each'arm, 1nterm1ttently acting gearstream of molten glass, a plurality-bira- (hally disposed supports mounted for sepplane, gearing 0 movement 110.

mg for impartmg separate movements to 12a arate movement around a c'ommon'oenter, 136

f rmeas'aring cups or vessels mou'ntedon supranged to be moved thereby successively 15 ports and arrangedto be moved thereby sucinto position toreeeive theglass, means for l oessively into nositionto receive the glass, imparting independent movements to the 4 ether with means for moving said cups supports around. their common axis, and; pits, ially for shearing or cutting off the glass means for imparting an independent radial between the cups on adjacent supportsafter movement to each of the oups or vessels .to 20 they have been filled;lsubstant-ially as de shear the glass between said adjacent cups scribed. y I 1 or vessels; substantially as described.

i 22. In apparatus for the manufacture of In testimony whereof, have hereunto set lo'gl'as s, means for delivering a continuous my hand.

, 'jstream of molben glass wpiurality of support's mounted; or separate movement Witnesses:

ground.- a common center,- measuring cups v -W. V. Home, J12,-

01; vessels mounted onthe supyorts and ar- M. L. BROWN.

CHARLES EDWINZBLUE. I 

